More than two years after it was signed into law by President Obama, it survived a legal challenge in the highest court in the land, when the Supreme Court upheld the key provisions of the Affordable Health Care Act by a vote of 5-4. Chief Justice John Roberts was in the majority, siding with the justices who constitute the liberal wing.
The breakdown:
In the majority: Kagan, Sotomayor, Bader Ginsburg, Breyer.
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In the minority: Alito, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas.
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